[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1969-S1970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4943. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United

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States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT 
                   INCLUDE FUNDING FOR OVERSIGHT THROUGH THE DHS 
                   OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, 
                   OFFICE OF THE IMMIGRATION DETENTION OMBUDSMAN, 
                   AND OFFICE OF THE CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
                   SERVICES OMBUDSMAN.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that does 
     not include funding for oversight through the following 
     offices of the Department of Homeland Security: the Office of 
     Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the 
     Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and the Office of the 
     Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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